onCampus accepting listings for Guide

onCampus is now accepting submissions for the 2001-02 Guide, available Sept. 20. The Guide is a special edition of onCampus that provides space for departments to communicate news and services they would like faculty and staff to remember throughout the year.

The Guide includes brief listings organized into several categories, including training and development, dining and shopping, health and wellness, travel and accommodations, arts and entertainment, financial services, University organizations, University services, and sports and recreation.

Units may submit information to be listed at no charge. To receive a submission form, e-mail a contact name and phone number to oncampusguide@osu.edu by June 15 or call Susan Wittstock at 292-8419. In addition, units may purchase advertising space. Contact Bill Estep, advertising manager, at 292-8421 for more information.

Summer quarter hours begin June 11

University summer hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will begin June 11, with the normal 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours to resume Sept. 4.

Offices serving students or the public that normally remain open on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. may stay open on an"as needed" basis, or may elect to discontinue extended hours for summer quarter.

For more information, call 292-1050.

Medical Center hosts volunteer sign-up day

The Department of Volunteer Services at the OSU Medical Center is hosting a Volunteer Sign-up Day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 12 in 155 Doan Hall. Refreshments will be provided.

Adult volunteers are needed for three- to four-hour sessions during many shifts, but primarily evenings and weekends.

For details or an application, contact Erin Beisler at 293-8361 or beisler-1@medctr.osu.edu.

Business startup workshop offered

"So...Are You Thinking About Starting A Business?" is a workshop for those with entrepreneurial aspirations. The workshop takes place from 8:30 a.m. to noon June 23 at the Longaberger Alumni House.

Representatives from the business community will discuss characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, business and personal skills needed, time and financial commitment required, and the resources available to help you get started. The OSU Alumni Association and the Office of Continuing Education are sponsoring this workshop through the Career Exploration Office, along with the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE). A registration fee of $40 includes workshop materials and a continental breakfast. Pre-registration is required.

For details or to register, call 292-3503.

Web site promotes campus recycling

A new Web site for University recycling has been developed by staff at the Department of Physical Facilities to help Ohio State faculty, staff and students with recycling efforts. The Web site is http://physfac.ohio-state.edu/recycle/homepage.htm.

The site was developed in response to a growing interest in recycling on campus and a state mandate requiring recycling of a majority of University waste.

JamesCare class will discuss cancer

Patricia Schmitt, program director for JamesCare for Life: Comprehensive Oncology Rehabilitation, will be the guest speaker for the monthly class session from 7 to 8:30 p.m. June 19 in 518 James. This information and discussion session will highlight the special needs and issues of older adults with cancer.

This lecture is free and open to the public. Continuing education units will also be provided for nurses and social workers.

For details or to register, call 293-6428.

Syllabus conference savings available

TELR and Faculty and TA Development have jointly sponsored Ohio State's institutional membership in the TLT Group's Flashlight Network.

While the primary benefit to the University is access to a nationally recognized, reliable question databank to develop surveys on the effectiveness of technology in education, a secondary benefit is a 25 percent discount for OSU faculty and staff wishing to attend the 2001 Syllabus conference July 20-24 in Santa Clara, Calif.

To register for the conference, visit the Web at www.syllabus.com/summer2001/. At the Web site, the log-in name is TLT, and the password is gilbert. Those interested in attending a FTAD/TELR assessment workshop this summer can visit www.tltgroup.org/programs/flashlight.html.

For details or assistance, contact Steve Acker at acker.1@osu.edu or Alan Kalish at kalish.3@osu.edu.

Conference explores food biotechnology

The College of Human Ecology and the Ohio Soybean Council will sponsor the 2001 Family and Consumer Sciences Summer Institute to be held June 12 and 13 in Campbell Hall. Keynote speaker Joan Horbiak, a nationally known nutrition educator, will discuss"Food Biotechnology: Exploring the Issues."

For details, call 249-2492, e-mail soystaff@soyohio.org or visit the Web at www.soyohio.org.

Locations change for financial workshops

There have been location changes for three of the Office of Human Resources' free financial planning workshops. Sessions last one hour and begin at noon. Sessions, dates and locations are:

• First-time Homebuying, June 19, 31 Hitchcock Hall.

• One Income in a Two-Income World, July 10, 31 Hitchcock Hall.

• Building Your Financial Future, Aug. 7, 31 Hitchcock Hall.

Other upcoming workshops are:

• Estate Planning 101, June 27, Rhodes Hall Auditorium.

• Men and Sound Investing, July 25, Rhodes Hall Auditorium.

For details or to register, contact 247-7961 or admin@hr1.ohr.ohio-state.edu, or visit the Web at www.ohr.ohio-state.edu.

Humanities ceremony set for June 7

Daniel Katz, board chairman and co-founder of the Rainforest Alliance, is the featured speaker at the College of Humanities Baccalaureate to be held at 3:30 p.m. June 7 in the Wexner Center Film/Video Theater. The event is free and open to the public.

An alumnus of Ohio State, Katz co-founded the Rainforest Alliance in New York City in 1986, an organization that has certified millions of acres of forestland to date. He has received the Kellogg National Fellowship Program for Leadership (1989-92), the Ohio State College of Humanities Alumni Award of Distinction, and the Alumni Association William Oxley Thompson Award.

During the ceremony, two Ohio State alumni will receive the Humanities Alumni Society (HUMAS) Alumni Awards of Distinction: College of Humanities alumni Tobi Skilken Gold (B.A. 1977, Jewish studies) and Samuel Walker (Ph.D. 1973, history).

For details, call Shari Lorbach, 292-1882.

Agronomic Field Days are June 27 and 28

The Southern Ohio Agronomic Field Days will be held at the Fayette County Farm from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 27 and 28. Topics will include farm technology, weed control, corn health, soybean diagnostics, tillage practices, insect management and precision agriculture technology. Certified crop advisers can obtain at least five hours of credit by attending one day of the event.

Registration is required by June 21. The event will be held north of Washington Court House off of state Route 38 at the Fayette County Airport. For details, call (740) 335-1150 or visit the Web at www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~faye/.

Candidates sought to direct new institute

A search committee is seeking applications and nominations for the position of director of the Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the Americas (ISREA). The committee will begin reviewing applications on July 1, though the search and review process will continue until the position is filled.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, the names of three references, and a cover letter describing their interests in and qualifications for the position, including administrative experience and examples of leadership of multidisciplinary efforts. Nominations and applications should be sent to Ruth D. Peterson, chair, ISREA Search Committee, Office of Academic Affairs.

For details, contact Peterson at 247-6379 or peterson.5@osu.edu.

The James hosts Cancer Survivors Day

The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is celebrating Cancer Survivors Day from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. June 10 at the Ninth Avenue parking garage.

The event is an annual reunion of patients, their families, doctors and nurses, and will include music, ice cream, cotton candy and clowns. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the War on Cancer declared by President Nixon in 1971.

For details, contact Michelle Gailiun at 293-3737 or gailiun.1@osu.edu.

Program to explore personality disorders

OSU and Harding Behavioral Healthcare are cosponsoring"Chaos Within: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder," a community program to be held from 7 to 9 p.m. June 14 at Columbus State Community College's Nestor Auditorium.

The speakers are Kenneth R. Silk, director of the Personality Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, and JoAnne Heap, coordinator of the Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment Program at the University of Michigan.

For details or to register, call the Mental Health Association of Franklin County at 221-1441.

Upgrades to cause network interruptions

The Office of Information Technology is planning upgrades on the network, beginning at midnight June 8 and ending at 8 a.m. June 9, which will cause rolling interruptions of some network services in various areas of the campus.

For technical questions, contact the OIT Technology Support Center at 688-4357 or 8help@osu.edu.

Medical Center offers caregivers course

The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is offering a three-part course for caregivers of cancer patients, to be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 21 and 28 and July 5 at the Medical Center's Battelle location.

Classes will focus on planning ahead for positive, constructive problem solving for caregiving challenges, and learning care methods, including nutrition, nonmedical interventions for pain and safe mobility. The free course will include a copy of The Home Care Guide for Cancer.

For details, directions or to register, call 293-3259.

Grant to expand Latin American collection

The Department of Latin American Studies will apply $60,000 in Title VI funding received over the next three years to enhance the Language and Area Studies collection housed in the Main Library.

The money makes it possible for the collection to acquire an additional 600 books, original manuscripts on microfilm, and CDs on topics such as Peruvian history and the classical works of the History of Latin America.

For details, contact Ted Riedinger at 688-8797 or riedinger.4@osu.edu.